Save the Hacker – An event to fight the mediocrity trend in Technology

Save the Hacker is a two-day hackathon organized by Freshdesk, meant for college students who want to demonstrate their talent and smart engineers who are stuck in an IT services company. If you feel like you are one of them, stuck, with nowhere to go, here’s your last chance at redemption. Code your heart out for two days straight, show us what you have, and while at it, win some great prizes.

Not long ago hackers went out their way to make stuff that made a difference. Today they are mired in corporate red tape, mundane rules and corporate bull shit. Writing awesome code didn’t really matter anymore, work lives became a 9-5 thing and god-level geeks allowed themselves to pursue strategic mediocrity. Today, the hacker is a dying species, endangered by pointless hierarchies, outrageous dress codes, and teammates who are hell-bent on being lazy. But wait, there’s still hope.

Save the Hacker will take place at the Freshdesk office in Chennai on March 1-2, 2014.

Registrations are free and will be open until the 25th of February. You can compete in a team of up to 4 people or be a lone wolf.

You can build a web or mobile app. Coding must be started during the hackathon only. No reusing existing stuff. At the end of the hackathon, you will be asked to give a 5 minute demo of your project to a panel of judges. We’ll be evaluating it based on the original idea, the completeness, and the technical challenge that went behind building your app.